I thought heating oil was diesel fuel. Also if it is how come I've never heard of it gumming up in someones outside fuel tank before.
We have propane heat here so I never thought about it much but we had oil a long time ago out east.
I know on all the ships I was on, a coal burner, black oil burner, several more modern fuel oil burners and one gas turbine ship, we never had fuel problems that weren't related to too much water getting in it. Even on the old coal burner. Wet coal smokes like crazy! That boat was an antique that was only used for a barracks ship until we actually lit it off to take it out for target use. I was amazed the boilers and engines even worked. On the carrier and Battleship I was on we had to use the fuel tanks for holding ballast water and it happened pretty often that we'd take a roll and get a shot of water to the burners. That sucked! Down in my engine room, the fuel tanks were right on the outside bulkheads of the space and I could always tell which one was in use. The wall would be sweating like crazy with condensation. The full tanks were dry. I always thought that was amazing being able to do that through an armored hull with 12 inches of steel and a void separating the fuel from the outside sea water.
I just wonder if you got some heavy duty condensation in your tank is all. It's possible. Mine is sitting at half full right now and I was about to go fill it up since it won't be getting used much this winter unless I have to plow snow. A full tank shouldn't get much condensation problems.
We have propane heat here so I never thought about it much but we had oil a long time ago out east.
I know on all the ships I was on, a coal burner, black oil burner, several more modern fuel oil burners and one gas turbine ship, we never had fuel problems that weren't related to too much water getting in it. Even on the old coal burner. Wet coal smokes like crazy! That boat was an antique that was only used for a barracks ship until we actually lit it off to take it out for target use. I was amazed the boilers and engines even worked. On the carrier and Battleship I was on we had to use the fuel tanks for holding ballast water and it happened pretty often that we'd take a roll and get a shot of water to the burners. That sucked! Down in my engine room, the fuel tanks were right on the outside bulkheads of the space and I could always tell which one was in use. The wall would be sweating like crazy with condensation. The full tanks were dry. I always thought that was amazing being able to do that through an armored hull with 12 inches of steel and a void separating the fuel from the outside sea water.
I just wonder if you got some heavy duty condensation in your tank is all. It's possible. Mine is sitting at half full right now and I was about to go fill it up since it won't be getting used much this winter unless I have to plow snow. A full tank shouldn't get much condensation problems.
